Clothes-drier



(ModeL) B.F.FULLER.- CLOTHES DRIER.

Patented June 3, 1890.

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BENJAMIN F. FULLER, OF MOMINNFILLE, OREGON.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,378, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed May 12, 1887. Serial No. 237,966. (ModeL) T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. FULLER, of McMinnville, in the county of Yam Hill and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Olothes Rack and Drier, of which the following'is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to racks adapted especially for holding clothes for drying or airing them, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, efficient, and readily-adjustable device of this character.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the clothes rack and drier, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part'of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved clothes rack and drier as arranged for suspension from an overhead support and with some of the clothes-holding arms removed. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the sliding head of the rack with most of the arms and their upper retaining plate or washer partly broken away. Fig. 3 isa transverse section taken on the line x 00, Fig. 1, and also shows the pinand-slot connection of the telescoping-bar support, the rack support or bracket being, removed and the View being taken looking upward. Fig. 4 is a perspective view. of the drum and connections at the lower end of the rack-bar. Fig.5 is a detail perspective view of one of the arm-spacing plates-of the rackhead, and Fig. 6 illustrates how the end of the cord is attached to the drum.

The bar A, on which the sliding head B of the rack is fitted,is made in two parts or sections, preferably tubes or pipes a a the outer tube a having a telescoping connection with and upon the inner tube a, which latter is screwed to a short tube or socket c, which, with braces c and a head-plate 0 forms a bracket 0, which may be fastened to the ceiling D of a room, or any other suitable overhead support, by a screw or bolt d, passed through the plate 0 of the bracket.

The inner tube a of the extensible bar A is provided with a lengthwise slot a, into which a pin E, fixed in the outer tube a passes, and in the edge of the slot a a series of notches e are formed, with any one of which the pin E can be made to engage, when the outer tube a is slightly turned to hold the said outer tube in the position to which it has been adjusted on the inner tube a. WVhen the bar A is fully extended, the pin E will rest at the lower end of the slot (1, or the inner tube, as indicated in dotted lines in 1 of the drawings. The pin E projects from the outer tube a to allow contact of the rackhead B with it for lifting said outer tube or telescoping the extensible bar A as the head B is lifted, and a short tube a fixed to the lower end of the outer tube a limits the fall of the rack-head and prevents disengagement of it from its supporting-bar A.

short tube a a couple of brackets or hangers ff are fixed, and in these hangers a drum F is journaled. One end of a rope G is fixed to the drum, and the rope is passed upward through the center of the bar A to and over a guide-pulley g, journaled to the overhead bracket 0, and thence the rope passes downward to the rack-head, to which it is fastened, preferably by an eyebolt g, fixed to the head. A latch-lever H, pivoted to one of the hangers f, is preferably passed through the other hanger to guide it, and is adapted by its weight alone to drop into a notch or against a shoulder it, formed in' the head f of the drum F, and thereby prevent turning of the drum and unwinding of the rope G from it, and consequently hold or look the rack-head B at any height on the outer tube a to which it may be adjusted when the said tube has been locked to the inner tube. The notch h is located relatively to the drum-handle or crank I to hold the crank upright, or above the axis of the drum and out of the way when the drum is locked by the latch-lever.

The rope Gr is secured to the drum F by a metal hook J, the hook end j of which is passed into the closely-braided cord at or near its end, and the other end of the fastening J To'the lower end of the barA onto the,

is bent to form an eye 70, which is passedinto into or through the eye 7c to make a secure fastening, and as will be understood from Fig. 6 of the drawings.

The clothes-rack head B is made with a central tubular part Z), adapted to slide on the outer tube a of the extensible bar A, and provided with a horizontal disk-plate L, which is fitted around the tube and has support therefrom by a series of braces l, fixed to both the tube and the plate. The arms or rods M, forming rack-rods onto which the clothes to be dried or aired are hung, are laid at their inner ends onto the plate L, and a washerplate N, fitting around the tube a is laid onto the arms, and rivets O are then passed through the plates L N and between the arms to hold the arms in place and yet allow their removal from the head to wash them when desired. To the disk-plate L at its margin are riveted a series of angular plates P, having upright flanges p at their outer edges, which stand between the rack arms or rods M and space them evenly apart at the periphery of the disk-plate and brace the outer parts of the arms laterally both ways.

In using the clothes-rack the outer tube a will ordinarily be adjusted and locked in the desired position on the inner tube a, when the head B will be lowered by the drum and rope F G to a convenient position for hanging the clothes on the arms or rods M of the head, after which the head will be raised to the required height on the outer tube to elevate the clothes out of the way and locked in said position by causing the latch H to engage the notch h of the drum F. If desired, the tubes may not be looked together, in which event, the clothes having been placed upon the arms of the head, the drum will be turned to wind the rope thereon, when the head will slide upon the outer tube until it comes in contact with the pin on the outer tube, when by a continual turning of the drum the outer tube and head will both be elevated until the said outer tube comes in contact with the tube or socket 0, when they can be locked in this posit-ion by the latch H, as before described. It will be understood that when the parts are in the position just described the whole weight will be supported by the drum and rope. To

relieve the drum and rope of the weight, the

outer tube may be locked to the inner tube and the head lowered until it comes in contact with the tube (1. when the head will be supported independently of the drum and rope.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a clothes-rack, of an extensible bar A, formed of a tubular section o provided with a slot a and a tubular section a fitted over the tube a, and provided with a pin E, entering the slot to, ahead B, having rack arms or rods M fitted to it and adapted to slide 011 the section a a drum journaled to the bar, and a rope connected to the drum and passed through the bar and down to the head B, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

2. In a clothes-rack, the combination of an extensible bar formed of two sections sliding one upon the other, one section being slotted longitudinally and the other provided with a pin projecting therefrom and working in the slot of the inner section, a rack-head I fitted to slide on the outer section andadapted to engage the pin on the said outer section, and means for raising the rack-head and outer section, substantially as described.

3. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with an extensible bar formed of two sections, the outer section carrying a Windlass and provided with a pin engaging an angular slotin the inner section, of a sleeve or tube fitted to slide upon one of said sections and carrying a rack head or support, said sleeve also being adapted to engage with said pin, and means connecting said Windlass and said rack head or bracket and adapted to elevate the outer section with its said pin or projection and efiect the engagement of the pin with angular portion or arm of the slot of the inner section, substantially as set forth.

4. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with an extensible bar formed of two sections, the outer section carrying a Windlass and provided with a pin or projection engaging an angular slot in the inner section, of a sleeve or tube fitted to slide upon the outer section and to engage with said pin or projection, a rack head or support secured upon said tube or sleeve, a rope connecting said Windlass with and adapted to elevate said rack head or support, and means for locking said windlass against turning, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a clothes-rack, the combination, with a supporting-bar and a head fitted with clothes-holding arms and adapted to slide on the bar, of a drum F, journaled to the bar, and a rope G, connected to the head and connected to the drum by a fastener J, having a hook j, engaging the rope, an eye 7.5, entering the drum, and a screw or pin K, passed into the drum and through the eye 71?, substantially as shown and described.

BENJAMIN F. FULLER. \Vitnesses'.

J NO. J. SPENCER, GEORGE W. KAUFMAN. 

